Keep it simple.
- Alfred Eisenstaedt

At the age of 12 my father bought me my first real camera, a Minolta 35mm, and encouraged me to develop my natural ability, the photographer’s eye. From that point I turned this ability into a medium to channel my creative side.  Since then I have learned from experience, trial-and-many-errors, and helpful advice from countless other people.

In the beginning my photographs were merely snaps, raw and unfocused, but with the help of a friend I learned to see and understand how to create an image. I was helped to find beauty in the simplest of things. I find that black and white photography compliments this well. I like quite stark, minimalist images, you can see that the focus of my work is architectural photography, landscape and still life.

Gradually I became more and more capable, experimenting with my equipment, and with the encouragement from those I trusted most I held my first showing in 2005 called “Europa”.   Since then I have been very fortunate to have my photography shown in various locations in Toronto.

J. Scott Allinson is an amateur photographer who works in black and white photography.  He uses medium and digital formats for most of his photographs. He resides in Toronto, Ontario